Category Archives: Dementia, frailty and end of life theme

Multimorbidity in Palliative and End of Life Care: Knowledge Exchange Seminar and Interactive Workshop On Friday 27th April 2018, over 60 delegates attended a collaborative seminary and workshop at the Cicely Saunders Institute, hosted jointly by the National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and […]

Project Title EDD-29: Neurodegeneration in Ageing Down’s syndrome (NiAD) Type of Research Multi-centre longitudinal study that will take place over five-years using a cohort of people with DS aged 25 and over. Background Down Syndrome (DS) occurs in 1 in 800 to 1000 live births and is caused by having an […]

Better together….the future of care home research? A blog by PenCLAHRC A Cross-CLAHRC research event was held on the 23rd of November to showcase what CLAHRCs have achieved in care home research to date and to foster learning from the variety of regional research that has national application and significance. […]

New end of life care short film online A montage of the successful Images of Care and Dying CRASSH series is now available here. The series examined issues of end of life care through the lens of film, and featured guest speakers bringing together policy and academia. Series convenors included […]

Pride in the CLAHRC Research Capacity in Dementia Care Programme (RCDCP). A blog by Rachel Daly Building capacity in research in dementia care was never going to be an easy endeavour but the East of England, Wessex, Manchester and Pen CLAHRCS are not put off by a challenge! In 2015 […]

Reflections on being involved in dementia research as a former carer. A blog by John Thurman* During the day between attending a conference with members of the DEMCOM research team, and writing this blog, I visited my sister Catherine in her new care home. Her dementia is severe: she’s lost […]

Older Persons Fellowship For Nurses and Allied Health Professionals NOW RECRUITING FOR 2018 The application process for the Older Persons Fellowship, which is funded by HEE and delivered by King’s College London is currently open for the 2018 intake. This is a 12 month Fellowship, with students attending King’s College London […]

What do Dementia Friendly Communities (DFCs) offer people diagnosed with young onset dementia (YOD)? A blog by Dr Andrea Mayrhofer When people are diagnosed with dementia under the age of 65 the condition is referred to as Young Onset Dementia (YOD). In the UK, approximately 5% of people living with dementia (n=42,500) […]

Seeking your views about the use of non-pharmacological interventions in practice A group of dementia care practitioners from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust are doing some work to develop new care innovations for people living with advanced or later stages of dementia. They would like to understand a bit […]

Dying comfortably in very old age with or without dementia in different care settings – a representative “older old” population study A new study from the University of Cambridge, supported by the CLAHRC EoE suggests that very old people are more likely to die comfortably if they die in a […]